Question

Which of the following contributed to the survival and wealth of the Songhai Empire?

Frequent territorial expansion

Control of maritime trade routes

Collapse of Mali's elite

Quick industrial expansion

Answer 1

C is your answer :) !!

Answer 2

C. The collapse of Mali´s elite.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Songhai Empire was one of the largest states in African history and dominated the western part of the continent during the 15th and 16th centuries. The capital of the Empire was Gao, an urban center that was controlled in the previous centuries by the Mali Empire because of its importance as a trading center.

But with the pass of the time, the Mali Empire began to disintegrate as it happens to all the Empires and, with the elite weakened the Songhai Empire managed to take back the control of the capital first and then the entire region.

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